- Date
- September 2, 1965
- Place
- Arnegie, OK · ARNEGIE, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73259Bell 47G2A
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176330
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0554 65/9/2 ARNEGIE OKLA BELL 47G2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1040 N73259 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 53, 14597 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- ACFT BEING FLOWN TO STATIC DISPLAY POINT AT FAIR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73259
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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